Two Blows in One Week Unity on Water Goals
A bleak week for water matters ends with voter rejection of a Texas Water Plan bond and the resignation of Tom McFarland, longtime general manager of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District in Lubbock. The piece lauds his leadership and stresses the need for unity to conserve water and secure future supplies.
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United States of America
Lubbock
Texas
Texas Water Plan
Tom McFarland
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District
McFarland
Austin
Washington
High Plains
Doves Call for Action as Hanoi Rebels Escalate Attacks
President Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge press for a response to Viet Cong and North Korean violence in South Vietnam. A hospital raid at Cam Ranh Bay killed three patients and wounded 34, while a Saigon school bombing left nine civilians and 23 U. S. servicemen among 62 wounded. Lodge urges a firm stance as Sharp warns troops must not withdraw.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
Paris
South Vietnam
Cam Ranh Bay
Saigon
Lodge
J. William Fulbright
al Gore
George McGovern
Edward Kennedy
Adm
Ulysses S. Grant Sharp
Pacific
Birthday surprise honors Mayor Rogers in Lubbock
City Council members Dr. Jim Granberry Morris Turner Lonnie Hollingsworth and Denton Rigsby hosted a surprise birthday party for Mayor W JD Rogers Jr on the eve of his birth date. The gathering approved August 8 as Dub Rogers Day in Lubbock with a proclamation.
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W. JD. Rogers, Jr
Jim Granberry
Morris Turner
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Denton Rigsby
Natal
Doctor Granberry
Rogers
Dub Rogers
Lubbock
Nixon hints at possible Asia military aid not ruled out
President Nixon, returning from talks with Congressional leaders, suggests the United States may consider intervention if a major power threatens Asia with nuclear weapons. He also signals a continued withdrawal from Vietnam and a shift of defense responsibility to Southeast Asian nations, while pledging support to Thailand and Laos as long as the Vietnam conflict endures.
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Nixon
Asia
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Red China
Soviet Union
Guam
America
China
Nima
Peking
Moscow
Paris
Southeast Asia
Kennedy
Senate
Oliver Quayle
Teddy
Massachusetts
Mitchellism Wins as Mitchell Shields Whitten Amendment
The Nixon administration tolerates passage of an anti desegregation amendment after a secret intervention by Attorney General John Mitchell. Mitchell blocked a HEW opposition and made a Capitol Hill visit to prevent Republican defections, enabling the Whitten amendment to narrowly pass.
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Nixon
House
Atty
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Robert Finch
Rob Finch
Whitten
Finch
California
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Ted Loses Immunity and Nixon Tilt in Kennedy Battle
The piece outlines John Volpe and Elliot Richardson weighing Senate bids against Ted Kennedy after the Martha's Vineyard accident. It notes Nixon’s influence on Republican strategy, the Whitten civil rights amendment, and Mitchellism shifting desegregation enforcement to the courts. It also mentions Goodwin’s Cape Cod visit and Kennedy insiders' reactions.
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Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts
Kennedy
John Volpe
Volpe
Teddy Kennedy
Senate
Teddy
Capitol Hill
GOP
Elliot Richardson
Richardson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Mary Jo Kopechne
Wallace
House
Finch
HEW
White House
Whitten
Justice Department
Justice
Mitchell
Richard N. Goodwin
Cape Cod
Edward M. Kennedy
Asst
Burke Marshall
Goodwin
Marshall
Manhattan
Pierre
Nixon wary on Mideast and the White House strategy
Henry J. Taylor examines how President Nixon frames the Do-It-Yourself doctrine amid a looming Mideast crisis. He notes public opnion on intervention, Soviet arms to Egypt and regional power politics, and the challenge of aligning policy with public wishes and strategic aims.
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White House
Middle East
Nixon
Mideast
Israel
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Egypt
Jordan
U.S
South Rim
Asia
Africa
Europe
NATO
Algeria
Russia
Ussr
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Nasser
Boummedienne
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Free nations urged concrete steps to halt Asia’s Communist sweep
In Chinhae Korea free nations faced the spread of Communism as a warning from Aug 9 1949. In Washington the Truman Administration pushed a House vote to raise the national minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour marking a first test of policy aims.
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Chinhae
Korea
Free Nations of
The
Pacific
Asia
Orient
Washington
Haney's Drugstore Promotes Thermometer Giveaway
Haney's Drugstore in Columbus boosts sickroom and baby care sales with a thermometer promotion. Buy one, get a free thermometer for life if the original is returned after breaking. return box and parts to receive another. Owner Harry Haney says the plan nudges customers toward Haney's for their health needs.
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Haney's
Columbus
Ohio
Haney’s
Harry Haney
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